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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
State Agricultural Rooms, 
Madison , Jidy 16, 1860, 7J P. M. 
A majority of the Committee of Preparation having occa¬ 
sion to be at Madison on duty as members of the Committee 
of Judges on Farms, a meeting was held on this, Monday, eve¬ 
ning, July 16th. 
The President reported on the prices of lumber, and was 
instructed to buy at Milwaukee. 
The Secretary opened the bids (8 in number) for the job of 
fitting up the Fair Grounds, and after due comparisons, the 
contract was unanimously awarded to Wyman, Ufford & Wes- 
cott, of Madison, who legally and in a satisfactory manner, 
bound themselves in an agreement to perform all the mechani¬ 
cal work according to specifications furnished by the Commit¬ 
tee, for the sum of $800,00, and to complete the same on or 
before the 10th day of September. 
A proposition was received from Norman Wiard, Esq., of 
Prairie du Chien, to exhibit his Ice-boat at the Fair, for the 
sum of $1,000, to be paid by the Society at the close of the 
Fair. The Committee rejected his proposal, but instructed the 
Secretary to offer Mr. Wiard a suitable private enclosure 40x 
80 feet, with shed roof, for the exhibition of his boat, and the 
privilege of charging a moderate fee for admission. 
Adjourned sine die. 
The Executive Committee met at the Agricultural Rooms 
in the evening of each day during the week of the Fair; but 
as their action was almost exclusively upon matters of tempo¬ 
rary interest connected with the conduct of the Fair, it is not 
deemed important to publish these proceedings. 
